Despite extensive research on the effect of family policies on the labour supply of mothers, little is known about how these policies affect fathers' labour market outcomes. Using European panel data (EU-SILC) from 2003 to 2009 and multi-level models, this study analyses the effect of family...

In a model with endogenous fertility and labor supply three instruments of family policies are analyzed: child benefits, subsidies for external child care, and parental leave payments. We compare the impact on the quantity and quality of children, the secondary earner's labor supply and welfare....

Die vorliegende Arbeit wurde von Sonja Munz während ihrer Tätigkeit als Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, München, erstellt und an der Universität Augsburg (Prof. Dr. Anita B. Pfaff) als Dissertation angenommen. Abgeschlossen wurde sie im Juli 2007,...

The modernisation of Swedish households during the twentieth century prompted a considerable productivity growth in household production, which reduced the time input for a fixed volume of routine household work by about 35 per cent 1920-1990. Much of that time was gradually transferred to the...